At 08:57 2000/10/27 -0400, i posted, in part: >Hope of Parkinson's 'cure'.... > >Parkinson's is a brain disease and causes severe difficulty >in performing movements including walking, talking, swallowing >and smiling. This causes sufferers to shake and experience muscle >stiffness.... > >Each person with Parkinson's is affected differently and to >different degrees. Their ability to perform movements may vary >from one day to the next.... i have never seen such accurate descriptions of pd in the news media before; i do believe that these paragraphs are strong indicators that our PD awareness program is working! thanks to all of us! janet janet paterson 53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ EMAIL: [log in to unmask] SMAIL: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada